Trunk or baggage lifter and carrier.



PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.

G. W. PAYNE. TRUNK 0R BAGGAGE LIFTER AND CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23. 1905'.

UNITED STATES Patented July 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE;

GEORGE W. PAYNE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 795,060, dated July 18, 1905.

Application filed January 23 1905. Serial No. 242,302. I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LGEORGE W.PAYNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunk or Baggage Lifters and Carriers, of which the following is a specification containinga full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to the improvements in trunk-carriers; and it consists of the novel features herein shown, described, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the operation of a trunk-carrier embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the trunk-carrier folded. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail, parts being broken away to economize space and other parts being shown in section to illustrate the construction. Fig. 4 is a view analogous to Fig. 2 and showing the modified construction, parts being broken away to economize space. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 4 as seen looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 5 in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the side pieces 6 and 7 are secured to the side edges of the back-plate 8, and braces 9 and 10 are inserted between the side pieces 6 and 7 upon the plate 8, so as to hold the side pieces 6 and 7 perfectly rigid and so as to bring the lower edges of the plate 8 flush with the lower edges of the side pieces 6 and 7. The hand-bar 11 is rigidly mounted through the upper ends of the side pieces 6 and 7, the ends of said handbar projecting outwardly beyond said side pieces to form the stops 12 and 13. Pivoted side pieces 14 and 15 are pivoted to the side pieces 6 and 7 near their lower ends by bolts 17 and 18. N otches 19 and 20 are cut in the lower edges and upper ends of the side pieces 14 and 15 to receive the stops 12 and 13, so as to allow the side pieces 14 and 15 to lie level with the side pieces 6 and 7. Rollers 21 and 22 are attached to the lower edges and lower ends of the side pieces 14 and 15. A pin 23 is fixed in the inner face and near the lower end of the side piece 6, and a similar pin (not shown) is fixed in the inner face and near the lower end of the side and the crosspiece 26, there being an elongated slot 27 through the lower end of the side piece 24 and a similar slot through the lower end of the side piece 25 in the slots 27, the heads of the pins being inside of the side pieces to hold the side pieces in position. Points 28 are formed upon the extreme lower ends of the side pieces 24 and 25, said points engaging in staples 29 to hold the frame in its horizontal folded position, as in Fig. 2, and said points engaging in the staples 30 to hold the side pieces in their vertical positions, as. in Fig. 3.

When the carrier is in its folded position, as in Fig. 2, it may be used as a hand-truck. The operator grasps the handbar 11 and raises that end of the device, and the opposite end rests upon the rollers 21 and 22. When it is desired to handle a trunk, the bars 24 and 25 are raised to the vertical position, as

shown in Fig. 3, and the trunk placed upon lower ends of the side bars 14 and 15 are lowered to rest upon the floor or ground, and then the hand-bar is lowered.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the side bars 14 and 15 are cut short, and Z- shaped hooks 31 and 32 are secured to the side pieces 6 and 7 and extend downwardly and outwardly to form stops and limit the swing of the upper ends of the side pieces 14 and 15.

I claim 1. In a trunk-carrier: a backboard; side pieces secured to the backboard; a hand-bar secured to the upper ends of the side pieces; and supporting-bars pivoted to the lower ends of side pieces.

2. In a trunk-carrier: a backboard; side pieces secured to the backboard; a hand-bar secured to the upper ends of the side pieces; Intestimony whereofIhave signed my name supporting-bars pivoted to the lower ends of to this specification in presence of two sub- I the sidedpieices; and rollers carried by the scribing Witnesses.

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5 3. In a trunk-carrier: a frame having a GEORGE PAYNE hand-bar at its upper end; supporting-bars Witnesses: pivoted to the frame; and trunk stop-bars ALFRED A. EIoKs, connected to the frame. JOHN G. HIGDON. 

